povere

Italian

Adjective

povere

1. feminine plural of povero

Middle English

Alternative forms

• poere, poor, pore, pouer, poevre, povre

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French povre, from Latin pauper.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpoːvər(ə)/, /ˈpoːvrə/
• IPA^(key): /ˈpoːr(ə)/ (with loss of /v/)

Adjective

povere (plural and weak singular povere, comparative poverere, superlative poverest)

1. poor, needy (lacking resources)
2. poor by choice (for religious reasons)
3. Afflicted by need and want; affected by poverty
4. low-quality, dismal, inadequate
5. unimportant, little
6. unworthy, wretched, miserable

Descendants

• English: poor
• Middle Scots: pure, puir
  • Scots: puir
• Yola: boor

References

• “povre, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 29 March 2018.

Noun

povere (uncountable)

1. poor people; the needy

Old French

Adjective

povere m (feminine povere)

1. (Anglo-Norman) alternative form of povre